Man accused of shooting ex-girlfriend in head arrested

SAN ANTONIO - A 28-year-old man who police believe shot his former girlfriend in the head in May and drove away, leaving her on a sidewalk, was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Maki's former girlfriend was interviewed by police at the hospital on May 20, the same day she was found in a Northeast Side neighborhood with a gunshot wound to the head.

She told police she had gone on a date with Maki — a former live-in boyfriend — on May 19 to a house party. At some point he asked to see her cell phone and became angry with her “about seeing other people.”

According to the affidavit, she “was scared due to past violent behavior displayed by” Maki, and agreed to leave with him “in an effort to placate” him. They drove to a bar in the 15100 block of Judson Road.

She told police that on the way, they continued to argue and Maki put his hands around her throat. Surveillance footage shows they arrived at the bar at 11:44 p.m.

They continued to argue at the gar for an hour before Maki left by himself. According to the affidavit, surveillance footage shows he returned at 1:22 a.m., and seven minutes later they left together.

About a mile away in the 5400 block of Villa Mercedes, someone called police to report a shooting. The witness said he saw two people arguing and one was sitting on the curb. The witness heard a gunshot and “saw the victim go limp and lay on the sidewalk,” then the other person drove away, according to the affidavit.

The woman was able to tell hospital staff and police it was Maki who shot her.

When police interviewed him, he told them the woman had gotten out of his car in the bar parking lot after another argument and he went home alone.